Taxonomy & Evolution
Tropical islands lead to more diversity in Palm sexual reproduction
Isolation and sexual adaptability contributed to the evolution of thousands of palm species.
Growth & Development
The economic spectrum of plant carbohydrate storage is blurred
The study implies that the generally overlooked role of storage within the plant economic spectrum represents an important dimension of plant strategy.
Growth & Development
The teardrop explodes, and spreads Orixa japonica
Video captures how an Asian plant catapults its seeds away from the parent.
Ecosystems
The way humans introduced Australian acacias led to the rise of the worst invasive trees
Botanists collated genetic data from 51 different genetic studies on Acacia species to compare genetic diversity between native and invasive populations.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Historical migration and taxonomy of the Korean endemic shrub Lespedeza maritima
Jin et al. use molecular analyses and morphological examination to understand the evolutionary divergence and establishment patterns of a Korean endemic shrub.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Pink monkeyflowers are a sign of local adaptation
Botanists find petal colour can signal a monkeyflower’s drought tolerance.
Growth & Development
Understanding the links between xylem anatomy and grapevine fruit quality
Is within vine variability in fruit quality the result of xylem sectoring in Californian grapevines?
Taxonomy & Evolution
Newly discovered fossils illuminate a family’s 64 million year development
The fossils highlight the importance of West Gondwana in the evolution of Cunoniaceae.
Close Encounters
Flies can be pollen thieves but plants deal with them
Some plants tackle thieves and pollinators eating pollen by producing enough both to feed visitors and fertilise available ovules.
Uncategorized
Plantas parasitas e outros “mosaicos” da Botânica
Uma olhada dentro desses rebeldes botânicos oferece novas informações para melhor entendê-los
Taxonomy & Evolution
Parasitic plants and other botanical “misfits”
Taking a look inside these botanical rebels offers new information to better understand them.
Close Encounters
Plantas parásitas y otras rebeldías botánicas
Un vistazo a estos rebeldes botánicos ofrece nueva información para comprenderlos mejor